Yazoo County resident Ricky Saxton was found dead Thursday in a rural grassy area, and investigators are treating his death as a homicide.

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Ruth Ingram
| ringram@clarionledger.com

MissiSomeone killed wrecker service owner Ricky Saxton, leaving his body in a grassy area not far from an abandoned house in rural Yazoo County, investigators believe.

"It's a homicide case," said Yazoo County Coroner Ricky Shivers, who personally identified Saxton, a friend of his, early Thursday afternoon.

Saxton, 57, described by friends as a hard-working and likeable businessman, had been reported missing Wednesday after he left in his wrecker on a call and did not return. Lawmen and friends had been searching since then for Saxton and his wrecker, a white Ford F550 with his business' ...